"Ancient Heroes ULTRA SOULS (超古代勇者ウルトラソウルズ, chō kodai yūsha urutora souruzu, Super Ancient Heroes Ultra Souls) is one of the Rare Cat Capsule events in Battle Cats, characters based on Japanese mythologies. This event was added since February 28th, 2015 in The Battle Cats. These cats are all anti-Angels who are cheap and spammable in their Normal Form and expensive, but high-performance in Evolved and True Forms."
- The Battle Cats Miraheze Wiki
SS - Cosmo (UF), Kasa Jizo (UF)
S - n/a
A - Issun, Kasa Jizo, Ushiwakamaru, Sarukani, Kintaro, Kaguya (UF), Momotaro (UT), Momotaro
B - Kachi Kachi (UT), Cosmo, Shitakiri, Gamereon (UT), Gamereon
C - Kachi Kachi, Kaguya
D - Hanasaka
E - n/a
F - n/a
The latest ranking video I uploaded to YouTube for this particular set. The tier list above is the most accurate and recent ranking.
Spam forms and Evolved forms are differentiated in descriptions.
(Spam Form): A short ranged Angel and Red freezer which can be stacked to perma-freeze melee enemies.
(Evolved Form): A backliner with extremely good mobility and solid stats offensively and defensively. Freezes, knockbacks, and weakens Reds and Angels with high uptime and reliability.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Momotaro_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A consistent and spammable anti-Metal wielding knockback, slow, and Metal Killer to deal non-RNG, percentage based damage against Metals. Also debuffs Angels.
(Evolved Form): A backliner that knockbacks and slows Angel and Metal. Has poor stats.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Princess_Kaguya_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A spammable attacker with ridiculous stats in defense and offense. Deals huge damage generally and has massive damage against Dark and Angel.
(Evolved Form): A backline nuker with huge damage per hit against Dark and Angel combined with high bulk and range. Has poor mobility and long foreswing.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Kasa_Jizo_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): Useless
(Evolved Form): A mid-ranged tank with incredible HP against Dark and Angel due to his resistance. Has solid long-term offensive stats. Has below average mobility.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Urashima_Taro_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): Useless
(Evolved Form): A sniper with amazing range, omni, and wave to nuke absurd amounts of damage across the entire field. Has knockback, freeze, and curse against Angel and Floating to control crowds.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/The_Grateful_Crane_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A speedy and spammable weakener with low proc chance, rapid attacks, and high speed. Can be stacked to perma-weaken Aliens and Angels.
(Evolved Form): A backliner with high speed, strong offensive stats, and weaken against Alien and Angel to increase defense and create synergy. Has poor survivability.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Kachi-Kachi_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A spammable attacker with decent defensive and offensive stats. Notable for dealing with most Zombies.
(Evolved Form): A backliner with all round high stats and strong against Angel and Zombie with many immunities. Savage blows for huge burst potential.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Sarukani_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A mid-ranged spammable attacker that provides decent LD DPS, similar to Housewife.
(Evolved Form): A sniper with LD attacks and multi hit to deal high damage and slow Angels and Reds for control. Has high speed.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Kintaro_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): Useless
(Evolved Form): A backliner with knockback against Angel and Aku, supported with mini-wave to juggle enemies. Has an extremely unique research combo.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Shitakiri_Sparrow_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A kamikaze rusher with high speed and small burst to chip down Angel and Traitless. Similar to Bullet Train.
(Evolved Form): A bigger kamikaze rusher with high HP, burst, and speed to deal heavy damage or chain Angel and Traitless. Cheap with excellent mobility.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Issun_Boshi_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): A spammable attacker with absurd stats against Angels from resistance and insane damage. Can be spammed to overwhelm smaller Angels.
(Evolved Form): A backliner with high damage and HP against Angels with his abilities. Nukes the trait into oblivion, solid as a generalist.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Ushiwakamaru_(Legend_Rare_Cat)
(Spam Form): Useless
(Evolved Form): A frontline tank with resistance against Zombie and Angel. Has great HP but awful offense, mediocre mobility, and is easily outclassed.
https://battlecats.miraheze.org/wiki/Hanasaka_Cat_(Uber_Rare_Cat)
“Why is non-UF Kasa Jizo one placement above Ushiwakamaru? Isn't the latter way stronger against Angels?”
Both cats delete angels, except Jizo offers more with an anti black niche and better general usage. Their overall functions and roles are also identical, spammable AOE attacker in first form and nuker in evolved. While it is true that Ushiwakamaru is a more broken anti angel, both cats will get the same result: angels die hard, while jizo also excels in other categories.
“Why is Momotaro so high? Isn't he a generic backliner?”
Momotaro seems to have very generic stats and even has pretty underpowered DPS, however he shines in the mid ranger meta due to his high HP, good survivability, and insanely broken mobility from his super cheap cost, high speed, and fast cooldown. These are qualities that make him not generic, and therefore powerful enough to be used even above traditional backliners such as Ururun. His procs are also very strong with almost 100% uptime which is benefitted from his quick attack rate and foreswing, adding further to his consistent build (besides the issue of speed clipping). Both freezing Red and Angel are good targets that go well with current non uber meta options such as Mushroom and Courier. Lastly, spammable form gives Momotaro even greater versatility.
"Why is Kachi Kachi so high? I thought he was a low ranking Ultra Soul?"
In the past, Kachi's survivability was a significant problem and weaken didn't have as great of an application with how the meta revolved around stacking. In the modern meta, there is more emphasis on singular tanky meatshields (like Ramen or Jetpack) and better chances to rush. Weaken became more significant with these factors, and Kachi's bulk further cemented himself in environments where piercing enemies exist. He also has very good damage if you fully max him out, stats being comparable if not better than Peach Devils.
"Why is Hanasaka bad?"
His melee tanking role against Angels and Zombies is outclassed by Ramen and Shigong. Hanasaka has bad freezes and horrid offense so there's no reason to use him instead of these meatshields. Even if you brought both together, Hanasaka won't contribute since the meatshields will be contributing all of the stalling.
